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Cancer patients and their caregivers have questions, and a volunteer organizer hopes to provide the answers.
Pete Bramley of Fancy Gap continues to seek assistance from volunteers to compile a directory of services to meet the needs of patients and their families.
He’s put out a call to those who can help contribute the information needed to help people at a time when they don’t need any other kind of stress.
The disease is all too common — Bramley counted 22 people on prayer lists from his church alone who have some form of cancer.

The number of Galax families receiving food stamps is the highest it has ever been and has been on a steady incline for the past couple of years, said Susan Clark, director of the city’s Department of Social Services.
“Every week, we have new applicants that we have never seen before,” said Clark. “They’ve lost employment, their benefits have expired, they’re working fewer hours.”